SIN SEPARATES SINNERS FROM PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEM

SIN SEPARATES SINNERS FROM PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEM
(good instruction for the times)

During this morning's message, I was pointing out that we should stand against sin, but love the sinners. I stated that most people probably have homosexuals in their families. It is easier to love a family member or a friend who is a homosexual than to love a stranger who is involved with that terrible sin. Loving a friend or family member ensnared by Satan also requires us to make sure that we do not give approval to their deviant way of life, anymore than we would give approval to a friend or family member involved in an adulterous relationship. The person in sin should be able to see clearly that we love them, though we hate the spiritual garments stained with sin. But just as we still love a friend or a family member who has gone astray, we should also love all of those who have chosen darkness rather than light. This passage is most apropos to this idea.
Jude 1:17-24
(17) But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
(18) How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
(19) These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
(20) But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
(21) Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
(22) And of some have compassion, making a difference:
(23) And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
(24) Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

I pointed out that I have had people, who I love, un-friend me because I did not agree with their acceptance of same sex orientation. I explained that I love the person, I enjoy being with the person and I have never attacked or even made their sinful alliances a point of separation. But usually they will cut off the relationship.

One of the little children asked why the person did not want to be my friend. WHAT A GREAT QUESTION. This gave me an opportunity to point out that people who love their sin will turn against the people who love them. People who choose to stay in their sins will turn against him, not because he will hate them, but because he will hate their sin. People hate Jesus because Jesus hates their sins. We all lose friends and loved ones when we choose to love and follow Jesus.
John 3:19-21
(19) And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
(20) For every one that does evil hates the light, neither comes to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
(21) But he that does truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

Do not let the change in cultural mores drive you into hiding or turn you from the truth or turn you into a vigilante for God. Instead, stand firm, though you are vexed sorely; reach out to the lost; teach your children the truth of God, though it unpopular. NOW IS THE TIME FOR CHRISTIAN PEOPLE, PARENTS, CHURCHES TO STAND STRONG. It is not going to get better. Our children need to be raised with an understanding and a love for God and His word.
Proverbs 22:6
(6) Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Ephesians 6:4
(4) And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.